Colombia: When Will Cannabis Flower Sales Begin? There’s No Fixed Date, Says Ex-Official
Article via El Planteo
Colombia may be on the verge of taking a crucial step in regulating medical cannabis with a new draft decree that would allow the sale of dry cannabis flower. However, Efraín López, director of Árpez Company and former official at the Ministry of Justice stresses that no fixed date has been set for the decree’s final implementation.
“The prohibition of prescribing dry flower was established in Decree 613 of 2017, and since then, access to cannabis flower in Colombia has been completely restricted,” says Efraín. Colombia was a pioneer in legalizing medical cannabis in Latin America, but patients have only had access to compounded formulations, topicals and cosmetic products, leaving a gap in therapeutic options.
New Opportunities For Patients
With the new decree, which has already been submitted for public consultation, the possibility of prescribing and selling dry cannabis flower in Colombia would open up, both as a personalized compounded preparation and as a finished product available in pharmacies.
This change …